Sunday, December 22, 2013

Sunday was Baking Day

Baking has always been a big day as our family prepares for Christmas. Over 70 years ago my brother Chuck and I watched as our mother made pastries she had learned in HER mother's kitchen. Now the tradition continues. 2013 is the first year since there was a 2 in front that all the ladies in our family were able to bake together.

Daughters Deb and Kathie made date bread.

Suzy made the yeast bread dough.

Oooooops! The mixer took off and sprayed the kitchen with flour, eggs and milk!

The yeast dough has risen to more than double its original size!

Gotta punch it down so it's workable.

Then she made the candied wreath.

Granddaughter Renee made the basis of a snowman, using chocolate powder and chocolate chips instead of fruit as the filling.

Deb put together a candy cane pastry.

While the recipes came down from Rosalie Lauzon, Jerry's grandmother, and as they were recorded in our family cookbook published nearly 30 years ago, each part of the family has made incremental changes to suit their own tastes.

And this is today's output --

Four yeast breads and three date bread loaves. Don't you wish you could be here for breakfast?

What a nice activity for 3 generations of lovely ladies in your family! Those breads all look wonderful, and I know you'll have fun devouring them. I love Suzy's reaction to the mixer spewing ingredients all over the kitchen!

My Goodness! I'm sure they are delicious tasting, and they're so beautiful! The yeast breads remind me of "Foods Class" in high school. We made a braided yeast bread similar to the ones in your photos. They were fun to make and tasted so good. What a wonderful family tradition! :)

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